Report of the Joint Committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Law, 1939.

Harvard University

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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...

Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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Established by Jacob Wendell scholars for income for annual scholars dinner. From the description of Barrett Wendell Fund records, ca. 1924-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76974402 In the early years of the eighteenth century, the faculty (referred to as the "immediate government") began to emerge as a body having duties distinctive from those of the Corporation. While apparently not formally constituted, the immediate government (the President an...

Harvard University. Corporation. Joint Committee to Canvass the Possibility of Curriculum Leading to Degrees of A.B. and LL.B.

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Harvard Law School

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Law clubs were established to provide students an opportunity to practice preparing and arguing law cases as realistically as possible. Law clubs began to be founded at Harvard in the 19th century; one of the earliest was the Marshall Club, founded in 1825. In 1910, the Board of Student Advisers was formed, and the more formal Ames Competition in Appellate Brief Writing and Advocacy was established. From the description of General information by and about Harvard Law School clubs, 18...